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Letters Patent No. 62,375, dated February Q6, 1867.

IMPROVED SCHOOL DESK.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

-Be it known that I, JAMES SMITH, of the city of' Richmond, county of'Wayne, and State of Indiana, have invented anew and useful Improvementin School Desks; a-nd I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specitication, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view.

Figure 2, a side elevation; and

Figure 3, a transverse section.

The same letters in different figures represent corresponding parts ofthe invention.

In the arrangement heretofore of a connected series of school desks,(from the fact of the desks being nailed or screwed in an ordinarymanner to the connectingr beam,) an undue amount of labor is necessaryfor their adjustment inthe school-room, which might much moreconveniently be done at-the place of manufacture.

The nature of my invention consists iu theuse of two wooden bars orbeams, located parallel to each other, at

a short distance apart, and arranged centrally along the series ofdesks, andsecured to the latter in an eiicient and easily detachablemanner. The space between the two bars or beams, intervening between thedesks, I convert into receptacles for small articles of wearing apparel,tic. I also provide a door for cachapartment of the book-box, by whichsaid apartment may be entirel)r closed, thus preventing `the dust fromentering the Same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe itwith' reference to the drawings.V I i D and Drepresent thewooden bars or beam's resting on the seats A and A', andnotched to interlock with the seatback Fand F. The clamps g g, (whichlatter are secured underneath the seat by nuts.) serve to fasten eachbar or beam respectively to each seat-board. The standard C serves tosupport the front of the book-box K, and is held between the bars orbeams by screws. d, fig. 3 represents a partition dividing' thc book-box into two equal apartment-s, to which partition the standard C issecured by screws. I represents the door for closing the book-box, andis swung` on pivots at-the top, which latter work in grooves situatedhorizontally iii the side ofthe partition ol, and end'piccesd and d', ofthe book-box, (as shown at S S, figs. 2 and By raising the bottom of thedoor outward toa horizontal position it may then be slid back thedistance of the length of Athe grooves S S, the cleats I serving toretain the door in its horizontal position. It and a represent lids forthe receptacles formed of the space between the bars or beams D and D',said lids being respectively hinged to the seat-back F and standards C.In order to detach the desk the seat-back F is removed, (it beingsecured to the legs m, by screws the standard C being released frombetween the bars, and clamps y removed, the desks and bars arevallowedto separate, thus making the operation of connectingr or detaching thedesks a very convenient one.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-e 1. Iv claim the combination of theconnecting-bars D D', with a series of desks and seats A A', and thereceptacles a a', so constructed that the bars and desks may bceasilylseparated at pleasure.

2. I claim the combination of the book-box K, and doors P, when thelatter are arranged substantially in the manner described.

JAMES SMITH.

Witnesses:

WM. R. WEBSTER, G. W. STIGLEMAN.

